Song Dynasty

Chapter 41 Marriage
The so-called Tabai is the scout cavalry, the pioneer of the army.

In wartime, there are three responsibilities on our shoulders.One, search and explore the way, defend against enemy ambush; two, find out the enemy's situation, cruise and guard; three, lightning raid.

In comparison, it is equivalent to the special forces of later generations.It's just that this army is heavily equipped.Similar to the German mechanized and motorized army during World War II.

To be able to become the leader of an army, you need to be able to drive a strong bow, ride a strong horse, and when necessary, you must be the first to fall into the battle, and your martial arts must also be extremely strong.In ancient times, this was simply a standard technical corps.

I saw that the three hundred riders were all armored, with horses in their hands, swords in their waists, and hard bows on their backs.There are also axes, bones, caltrops, ropes, and ropes hanging on the saddle.One man and two horses, armed to the teeth.

Everyone stood on the ground in a neat formation, no one spoke, and the murderous spirit rose to the sky.

Although there are not many people in this team, the equipment is expensive. Most of the soldiers are veterans of the Western Army who have fought many battles, and they are the essence of Li Chengjun's essence.When fighting Liu Guangshi back then, Li Cheng led this army to raid the central banner of the Huaixi Army many times, which made Uncle Liu Ping feel hairy when he saw Li Chengcheng.

Now, Li Cheng can be said to have handed over all the most valuable possessions at hand to Chen Lanruo and to Wang Shen.

The sky is still full of dark clouds, who knows when it will rain again.If there are a few more torrential rains like the one a few days ago, maybe the lake will rise.Time was pressing and there was no room for delay. The troops set off at dawn the next day after the military meeting.

The weather had completely cooled down. In the twilight morning light, three hundred strong athletes and six hundred tall horses stood awe-inspiring, and the white air from their mouths and noses formed a piece above their heads.

One after another, the red flags are waving, and the armor is clanging.

So powerful, this is the first time Wang Shen has seen Li Cheng's cavalry gather.Seeing their head-to-toe iron armor and seeing this metal army, I suddenly felt short of breath.

There are only 300 people, so scary.But I don't know what it was like when the Western Army's [-] victorious heavy cavalry and [-] white stile cavalry assembled.

In the north, however, Jurchen has tens of thousands of fine riders, and the legendary Iron Buddha, which is also covered in steel, will appear on the battlefield once it appears.Thousands of troops, overwhelming mountains and seas, who can resist it?

Behind Wang Shen was the group of brothers from the supply camp. These people used to belong to the second-line troops of the Huaixi Army. Before they came to Pingyuan Town, many of them had never been on the battlefield, let alone saw the iron cavalry of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty.Seeing this group of vigorous killing machines in front of them, and recalling the situation when they massacred the infantry of the Jinan Army, they were so shocked that they could not speak a word.

No wonder Taiwei Liu suffered so many defeats at the hands of others.

After accepting the recruitment, Li Cheng released all the soldiers of the supply battalion from the prison and placed them in tents, and the officers also had separate residences.

Wang Shen went out with Chen Lanruo this time, and he also got two war horses, one for riding, and the other for carrying armor, weapons, and supplies.Li Cheng estimated that it would take two days to reach Anhe for this attack. The dry rations had already been prepared, and it would not take much, but there was a lot of horse feed for the war horses, which filled a large bag.It is said that the supply of one war horse was enough to equip seven infantry.The daily consumption of these [-] war horses is a huge figure, plus the tens of thousands of horses on hand, one can imagine the huge economic pressure Li Chengjun is facing.

Li Yu threatened [-] people and walked all the way like locusts, and the places he passed were really not a blade of grass.Sizhou is too small, how can it support so many soldiers and horses.In fact, even if Li Tianwang was not recruited, the two armies would fight back. This is why Wang Shen proposed to Liu Guangshi to exterminate the Jinan army in front of Li Cheng. In troubled times, everything is the naked law of the jungle.

An Niang found a set of Suozijia from the treasury and put it on Wang Shen.There are a lot of treasures in Liu Guangshi's treasury. Armors and weapons are piled up like a mountain, but most of them have been damaged into parts.The same is true for this piece of armor. When she heard that Wang Shen was about to go to war, An Niang cut off the hair of a few soldiers, twisted it into ropes, and strung together the scattered iron ropes overnight. At dawn, it was finally done.

Also because she didn't sleep all night, An Niang's eyes were red, but she didn't say a word, she just fastened the straps on the back of Suo Zijia fast.

Then, he brought up a pair of armor and was about to buckle it on Wang Shen's head.

From the beginning to the end, she didn't say a word, and her expression seemed very sad.

Wang Shen didn't understand why she was like this, so he had nothing to say: "Ms. An, the weather is still hot, you put on two sets of armor for me, are you trying to kill me from the heat?"

An Niang still didn't speak, she just pulled the belt on the ribs of the armor vigorously, which made Wang Shen feel a little breathless.

On the other hand, Yue Yun next to him got a little impatient, and shouted: "I told you to put on armor, just wear it straight, what's wrong with you? Do you really think you are a warrior in the battlefield, with unworthy courage? In fact, you are very weak in martial arts. The young master is not in good health. As usual, even with one hand tied, he can knock you over in one move. Suo Zijia can only defend against knives and arrows, but not against hammers, bones, and flails. He needs to be outside Another piece of armor. Sister, this is for your own good, what do you know?"

"Ying Xiang, you seem to be in better health." Wang Shen glanced at him, the child was still skinny, but his face was already rosy. A 12-year-old boy recovers so quickly.First he suffered from dysentery, and then he was beaten with a flail and suffered internal injuries, but after sleeping for two days, he was alive and well again.

"None of your business?" Yue Yun felt extremely disgusted with Wang Shen and rolled his eyes.

Not fighting against a child, Wang Shen smiled and straightened the armor on his body.Turning to An Niang, he said, "Miss An, Lu Yuhou, Gu Dutou and I are officers of the Huaixi Army. We have been ordered by Liu Taiwei to be in charge of communication with Li Chengjun. You and Ying Xiang are not from the Huaixi Army. Man, I already told Li Tianwang yesterday, and he also promised to let your siblings go. You wait for Ying Xiang to recover, go to Yangzhou, maybe you can find your mother there."

Yue Yun and An Niang ran away from home, and Fan Wang Shen had heard An Niang say about bringing their mother back to their hometown.It is the eternal pain in the heart of the great hero Yue Fei that his wife is eloped with others, and it is the greatest shame of the Yue family.This incident was also written in the history books. Later, when Yue Fei's grandson recorded his grandfather's deeds, he did not hide it.

As a modern person, Wang Shen naturally knew that An Niang and Yue Yun's mother was currently in Han Shizhong's army and was married to a low-ranking officer.After Han Shizhong put down the Liu and Miao rebellion, he should be stationed in Yangzhou and Jiankang. The siblings can be found as long as they go south.

Of course, it's not good for him to tell An Niang about this, otherwise the explanation will not be clear.

An Niang shook her head, but still didn't speak.

Wang Shen was a little anxious, frowned and said, "What are you doing here? Is it interesting? I'm going out to fight. I can win or not. Maybe I won't be able to come back. By the way, in case something happens, you Can you set up a memorial tablet for me at home, and burn a stick of incense and a few pieces of paper during festivals?" That's right, back then in Pingyuan Town, two hundred crossbowmen fought against Li Yu's [-] former army. It was surrounded by others and had to work hard.One is that he used his tactics properly, and the other is that he was lucky, which allowed everyone to be saved.

Soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and anything can happen on the battlefield.Not to mention whether this battle is won or lost, even if he wins, he may be hit by a arrow and die on the spot.

Who can explain things like luck clearly, and I don't know if I will be the protagonist of the next story.

After that battle, Wang Shen had countless wounds on his body, and now they were all scabbed, and itched badly at night.

This time, in front of Li Cheng, he proposed to cross Hongshuize Lake to attack Li Yuzhong's army. Wang Shen also made random suggestions at a critical moment. The ghost knows if there is a way in the lake and whether he can walk.If it really doesn't work out and delays the opportunity to fight, it will be punished by military law.

In troubled times, life is like grass, the common people are like this, and so are ordinary soldiers and small officers.If you want to be safe, at least you have to get to the point of one-armed control!

Suddenly, An Niang yelled: "I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen, I want you to come back alive." Tears flowed down, and she pushed Wang Shen violently: "Get out, get out! Don't see you."

After that, he covered his mouth and ran away.

Her voice was hoarse, she couldn't tell she was gentle and gentle, but when she got angry, she was so strong.

"Dao Si, take care all the way." Lu Can smiled wryly and cupped his hands.

Everyone also cupped their hands at the same time: "General Wang, take care."

Wang Shen also smiled wryly, "Brothers, take care too." Saying goodbye to everyone, he was about to mount his horse.

But Yue Yun grabbed the rein and looked at him fiercely: "How old are you this year?"

Wang Shenzhang Er King Kong couldn't figure it out: "I'm 27 years old, what's wrong?"

"Is there a wife at home?"

"I'm a homeless person. How can there be a woman who can look up to me? What's the matter, you check my household registration?"

Yue Yuan continued to ask: "Wang Shen, you are already 27 and haven't married yet. Is there something wrong with you?"

Wang Shen was embarrassed, yes, people in ancient times got married early.For example, the unruly young master Yue Yunyue in front of him seems to have married at the age of 13 or 14 in real history.When Fengboting was killed, he had two sons and a daughter.

I, Wang Daosi, was 27 years old and hadn't gotten married yet. In the eyes of the ancients, I was a weirdo.

Not only Yue Yun, but others looked at Wang Shen strangely.

Wang Shen was annoyed in his heart: "A certain body is strong and healthy, very normal."

"That's good. When you come back after living for a while, and when I finish that job, you can ask the matchmaker to go to my house to hire you!" Yue Yuan shouted: "Since you are interested in my sister, why are you only interested in flirting and saying You are deceiving people with crazy words, but you don’t talk about business. Be careful, I will never spare you."

As he spoke, he clenched his fists tightly.Probably because he was too excited and affected his body's injuries, he coughed violently, sweating profusely from the coughing, and his face was flushed.

"So that's what happened, are you okay?"

Yue Yun coughed until blood came out of his nose, and said angrily, "No...no, don't worry about it, I can't die."

"Forget it, take care of your wounds, don't talk." Wang Shen also liked An Niang in his heart, and sighed: "Now that the soldiers are in chaos, is there anything else to talk about? After this period, I'm still alive, and when I settle down , I know what to do."

After finishing speaking, he raised his voice and said to An Niang who was in the distance: "An Niang, if you are interested, Wang will promise you life and death."

When An Niang heard her younger brother talking about her marriage, her face flushed with shame, but now she burst into tears again.

Gu Lie suddenly laughed: "Okay, okay, this is the way of the world, everyone has passed today and there will be no tomorrow. When Daosi gets married in the future, I also want to have a wedding drink... Oh, I'm so dizzy. No, No, why is the ground spinning under my feet?"

He still had a bad concussion and was retching again.

Everyone burst out laughing.

At this moment, a long lance was pulled out and hit Yue Yun's arm with a snap.

Yue Yun's skin is thick and fleshy, so he doesn't feel pain, but his voice is extremely clear.

"You!" Yue Yun turned his head angrily.

But I saw Chen Lanruo standing beside her in full clothes and riding a horse, and said coldly: "Why, are you not convinced?"

Yue Yun said word by word: "Of course I don't accept it, cough, cough...cough..."

"Ying Xiang." Wang Shen hurriedly stopped Yue Yun, cupped his hands and said to Chen Lanruo: "General Chen, it's time for us to go."

Chen Lanruo snorted coldly: "Wang Shen, you just said goodbye to life and death, is it possible that this journey is not possible? Only the foster father believes that you, a guy who smears oil in his mouth, must not deceive me. Let me remind you, follow me all the way , you are not allowed to leave. Otherwise, don’t blame our military law for being ruthless.”

Wang Shen rode up and followed: "How dare I deceive the king of heaven?" He had a feeling that this female general was extremely cautious towards him.I don't know where I offended her. I cut off her horse's head that day. In the battle, you fight to the death and try your best. Who can blame whom?

It doesn't make sense!

Anyway, I'd better be careful along the way.

Looking back at An Niang again, the red flag was flying over there. Under the flagpole, An Niang supported Yue Yun's shoulder with one hand, covered her small mouth with the other, and couldn't stop crying.

How could this strong woman be so weak today? Does she still have Grandpa Yue's genes in her body?
On the other hand, Yue Yun and Yue Yingxiang were very impatient and kept complaining to Sister about something.

The horses roared forward, the yellow dust billowed, An Niang, Yue Yun, and Lu Can's figures became smaller and smaller, and were gradually submerged in the smoke and dust, leaving only the red flag still flying.But he knew that there was a woman under the burning flag waiting for him to return safely.

Adobe houses, gray tents, fences, horses, watchtowers, and archery towers, a classic battlefield picture, has turned yellow and brittle over the years.

However, after being washed by the hazy tears, it became clear.

And I have become the person in the painting.

Traveling through this twelve days is like a big dream.

And I already have concerns.

With caring, with someone who really needs to be protected, everything becomes real.

Wang Shen suddenly turned his head and looked towards the road ahead, Hongze Lake was green, it was the sea of ​​grass in early autumn.

He wiped his eyes and let out a long cry: To live, to win!

(End of this chapter)